Humane police club



B. SCHULZ HUMANE FOLK CE CLUB `Ian. 1, 1935.

Filed Jan. 18, 1954 f j 6 4 Z lllllllf .liv aufn init rnnrflrflaalnavaelani il :faillit s Y A INVENTO@ 7 WITNSSE /f/'im/L/// MZKV; el BY ff;- f7/ay ATTORNEY Patented Jan. l, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to humane police clubs, an object of theinvention being to provide a club which is adapted to be used bypolicemen and which will stun a criminal without danger of 5 fracturingthe skull or cutting the scalp. It is a well known fact that policeclubs are of wood and when it is necessary to use them the offender isoften seriously injured, when it is only the intention and desire of theofficer to subdue and control him.

With my improved club the oicer can most effectually use the samewithout danger of seriously injuring the person on whom it is used.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts, all of which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointedout in the claim.

The accompanying drawing is a view in longitudinal section illustratingmy improved club.

A represents the club illustrated in the drawing, which is composed ofcomparatively soft rubber, sufficiently soft to bend and to conform tosome extent to the surface of the object with which it comes in contact.The club may, of course, be of any size and shape, for all practicalpurposes it need not be quite as large as the club or stick with whichpolicemen are at present equipped. Clubs of this character come invarious lengths, some for use as day sticks and others as night sticksand riot sticks and, of course, it is well within my invention to makemy improved club of various sizes.

'I'he club A is hollow, that is to say it has a longitudinal bore 1, thebore being slightly greater in diameter at one end of the club than atthe other. The club is somewhat reduced in diameter at one end forming ahandle or grip portion 2 with a rounded knob 3 at the extremity thereof,and the smaller diametered portion of the bore 1 is within the handle orgrip portion 2. A metal tube 4, preferably of steel, is located in thesmaller diametered portion of the bore 1, and is provided with openings5 communicating with openings 6 in the club so that air may move intoand out of the hollow club as the club is distorted by contact with anobject.

The bore 1 extends through the larger end of the club and a grooved plug7 is secured in the end of the club closing the end of the bore l. Byproviding the plug '7 with annular grooves, as illustrated, the materialof the club A will engage in the grooves and act as keys to permanentlysecure the plug therein. When the club is used to strike an object itwill bend, as indicated by the dot and dash lines, the bend being in thelarger end only of the club, as the steel tube 4 will prevent anybending of the club at the handle or grip end.

A club of this character can be used to render a prisoner unconsciouswithout fracturing the skull or cutting the scalp, so that when the clubis used inv the ordinary manner it is not a deadly Weapon. Should theofficer feel that he needs a deadly weapon it is simply necessary togrip the larger end of the tube and strike the criminal with the handleend, and as this handle end contains the steel tube it is rigid and thisend of the club is in effect a deadly weapon.

While I have illustrated what I believe to be the preferred embodimentof my invention it is to be distinctly understood that various slightchanges may be made with regard to the form and arrangement of partswithout departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself tothe precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to makesuch changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scopeof the claim.

What I claim is:

A humane police club having a grip portion at one end of less diameterthan the main portion of the club, said club having a longitudinal boreextending from its larger end to a point near its smaller end, a metaltube in the bore at the smaller end of the club, said tube havingopenings at opposite sides, said club having openings thereincommunicating with the openings in the tube, said club with theexception of said tube composed entirely of soft pliable rubber freefrom reinforcement, and a rubber plug secured in the end of the bore atthe larger end of the club.

BERNARD SCHULZ.

